University of South Australia researchers have found genetic evidence that cardio health influences your coffee consumption. Lead researcher Professor Elina Hyppönen says it's a positive finding and she joins us to discuss.

North Shore native Steve Marshall lives with his wife and children in the US student town of Chapel Hill, where he works at the University of North Carolina. The campus draws people from all over the world. He's Calling Home this morning.

A new weight-loss drug which has been granted FDA approval in the US, is being heralded by some health experts as "groundbreaking," and a potential "game changer". Professor Jeremy Krebs joins the show to discuss.

Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker is back with us for a Covid-19 update. He'll discuss how the Delta variant slipped into the community, and whether Wellington has dodged a serious bullet this time around.

After looking for a way to keep fit and learn to not take things personally, Frederik Imbo signed up as a football referee. His TedX Talk on the social experiment went viral and now he's with us to discuss how he has benefited from it.

Matariki will be celebrated on June 24 next year. While most people are happy for any excuse to take a day off work, a new poll from Research New Zealand shows that less than half of us rate the day as an important holiday.

There's plenty happening both locally and internationally on the sports front this weekend. Radio New Zealand sports reporter Clay Wilson covers off all the weekend action.

New Zealand author Jeff Evans' latest book, Reawakened: Traditional navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa tells the stories of 10 master navigators who are leading figures in the renaissance of Pacific voyaging.

Former Opshop lead singer and recently-crowned Masked Singer NZ winner Jason Kerrison is reinventing his music career with the release of his lead single 'The Timing' ahead of his upcoming debut solo full-length album later this year.

Stanford Law School professor and author Richard Thompson-Ford details the importance of fashion throughout the centuries in his new book Dress Codes - How the Laws of Fashion Made History.